2010, ISBN: 1450235417

[EAN: 9781450235419], Neubuch, [PU: Iuniverse], SCIENCE / EARTH SCIENCES GENERAL, nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware -In Science and the Religious Right, biophysicist John Jagger discus… More...

[EAN: 9781450235419], Neubuch, [PU: Iuniverse], SCIENCE / EARTH SCIENCES GENERAL, nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware -In Science and the Religious Right, biophysicist John Jagger discusses false scientific and social positions of the Religious Right, including the ideas that the earth is only six thousand years old, evolution never occurred, and the United States was founded as a Christian nation. At best, such stances of the Religious Right have produced extensive political turmoil; they undermine true understanding of ourselves and the world we live in. Many Americans know little science and are thus easily confused by such positions of religious fundamentalists. Jagger begins with a scientific primer for the intelligent and curious nonscientist, with simple explanations of such highly successful theories as relativity and evolution. He then discusses religion, explaining why many scientists become freethinkers after the models of Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, who did not believe in a personal God. He shows that, while mainstream religion largely accepts modern science, the Religious Right holds anti-science and anti-intellectual ideas that have great social and political consequence-they want to replace teaching of evolution in our public schools with creationist ideas that are totally unsupported by science. Science and the Religious Right shows why knowledge of some basic science, as well as of correct religious history, is essential for understanding false stances of the Religious Right that threaten American values and scientific truth. 280 pp. Englisch, Books<

ISBN: 9781450235419

In Science and the Religious Right, biophysicist John Jagger discusses false scientific and social positions of the Religious Right, including the ideas that the earth is only six thousan… More...

In Science and the Religious Right, biophysicist John Jagger discusses false scientific and social positions of the Religious Right, including the ideas that the earth is only six thousand years old, evolution never occurred, and the United States was founded as a Christian nation. At best, such stances of the Religious Right have produced extensive political turmoil; they undermine true understanding of ourselves and the world we live in. Many Americans know little science and are thus easily confused by such positions of religious fundamentalists. Jagger begins with a scientific primer for the intelligent and curious nonscientist, with simple explanations of such highly successful theories as relativity and evolution. He then discusses religion, explaining why many scientists become freethinkers after the models of Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, who did not believe in a personal God. He shows that, while mainstream religion largely accepts modern science, the Religious Right holds anti-science and anti-intellectual ideas that have great social and political consequence-they want to replace teaching of evolution in our public schools with creationist ideas that are totally unsupported by science. Science and the Religious Right shows why knowledge of some basic science, as well as of correct religious history, is essential for understanding false stances of the Religious Right that threaten American values and scientific truth. John Jagger, Books, Science And The Religious Right: What Americans Should Know About Both Books <

ISBN: 9781450235419

John Jagger,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by iUniverse, Incorporated Books Books ~~ Education & Teaching~~ Teaching Methods & Materials ~~ Social Science Science-and-the-Religio… More...

John Jagger,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by iUniverse, Incorporated Books Books ~~ Education & Teaching~~ Teaching Methods & Materials ~~ Social Science Science-and-the-Religious-Right~~John-Jagger iUniverse, Incorporated<

2010, ISBN: 1450235417

Kartoniert / Broschiert SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General, mit Schutzumschlag neu, [PU:iUniverse]

2010, ISBN: 1450235417

Kartoniert / Broschiert SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General, mit Schutzumschlag 11, [PU:iUniverse]